sanctification

Definition of Sanctification in English :

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Noun

1. sanctification

a religious ceremony in which something is made holy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sanctification

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied (transitive)

1.

to make holy

2.

to free from sin; purify

3.

to sanction (an action or practice) as religiously binding

to sanctify a marriage

4.

to declare or render (something) productive of or conductive to holiness, blessing, or grace

5. obsolete

to authorize to be revered

Sanctification

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsanctiˌfied or ˈsanctiˌfying

1.

to make holy

; specif.,

a.

to set apart as holy; consecrate

b.

to make free from sin; purify

2.

to make binding or inviolable by a religious sanction

3.

to make productive of spiritual blessing

4.

to make seem morally right or binding

a practice sanctified by custom

Sanctification

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tr.v. sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing, sanc·ti·fies

1. To set apart for sacred use; consecrate: The preacher sanctified the ground as a cemetery.

2. To make holy; purify: They felt the spirit had descended and sanctified their hearts. They sanctified the body with holy oil.

3. To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow: The wedding ceremony sanctifies the marriage.

4. To give social or moral sanction to: "The only books I wanted to read as a teenager were those sanctified by my elders and betters" (David Eggers).

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